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printed, mai nly, fr om Vol\mtary Contri"butlons 
to The Springfield Repuhlican . and other 

-JoiirnalBf as well as &everal--af the- irilnor 
.oriodicals. Selected, and Revised, 

By the author. 









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'"ii» -la^v-Y^^.^r "i 

"1. ■•;«-.-— A- Paii'"'""' ".'.'fr 

Law ;^li ^- '- 

, .-.itiOil-r . . . ► 

?iio Preacher' TO 

"■l^aQntlL-PvOok. . . .^.^-.-. ^^..1- 

""ne ■- lolcculc 1.. 

'^iiG ITiii vc r^-u-l 3pl rlt. . . . ._._._ ,. ... ... ... .^l-'- 

riiilotiOpiior lb 

'" . loolcieLi In SunQor. . . . . .^ .16 

■ " ..- ■"ilTcIinxiii:!; .~. 7~. .".'".T7T. T'.".T7T~. . , .I'''' 

■"--.. jjovor .li' 

Tjio 3oetri-nuirc. .^r; . . . , ;~r .; SO 

'aaej.'ic<-i. iii tlic World V.'ar 21' 

''.OilK O.f Tiiy 3ur£,-. .- rr .-—.-7 ;-i-^- 

Tiin Bo l3he villi 24 



TREETIITG . 

"" -■— li^-htsome thing it seeuV +0 be; 

'^oj t-tori^xi;— ncr(r-f5-aT^U-bx"'iit3iii: .ips— await 

The 6raft_ thus launched to meet^ sjic face its _ 
fate, . - - -. . 

2^ 

In publishing a book, 'tis uuca one baaej 
For ir its author be^unkn'ov/nT to fam'e. 
It may, umioticed, sink into the deep-— 
..here laany kindred ventures calmly sleep* 

i'he Reader^s eTeV-th-e~(JiTeid^s "caustrc"pen. 

Are gaunUets_jLO_be ,.rim^ and^ even then, 

The hapless author must contented be, 
To brave- th^ verdict of Posterity. " 

August, '1.920, :i. :..!. 



Paege 2, 



j-ijiij.^ Xi.< tj « 



A sighin^ _,uuivr softly sweeps 
Its v/ay across the icy deeps I 
Anon, there coaes a quickening breeze— 
Slov/ingjWarm, from Southern seas— 
^i.nd, coujj^ng o'er the v/old around, 
It v/hispers to the sleeping ground; 
" Av/ake, av/ake! " and ciuickly fills, 
.,ith love and joy, the vales and hills. 

Old .winter' s gone; nor looks, to see 
Tlie mystic change in every tree 
That, lone and bare, and silent, stood 
..hile he roaaaed, raging, thro* the r/ood; 
?or, no\7, each leafy "branch doth ev/ay 
Host cheerily— and thro' all play 
A thoiTsanci feathered ^varblers, free, 
■.ho rouse the echos merrily! 

All Life's astir. _ The humble bee, 
From bud to bud, flits busily 
O'er meadow, copse, and fallowed field. 
In search of sweets scarce yet revealed, 
The myriad insects in the air; 
xhe wood-mouse, creeping from his lairy 
The tini?:ling brooklet in the dell- 
All feel, anev/, the magic spell 
Of Spring, re-born in jiarth's slov; flight 
Into the Day, from out the ilightj 



-i* '> ^ ■¥* -t^ 'f» ^ 

1885. 



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-ar^e 3 



Time's uost provolcing tlov;, 
..aen v/e desire haste; 
lien loath to have him go, 
-ie haa no- "!>ime to wastel 
Inconsistency; itself, 

lie hears no lover' b plea. 
But quickly flies — the elf— 

And laughs in- mo ckery J 

, u t , to t ne gao led wr e ten, 

xin hour seems an age,— 

until the sprite doth fetch 

T)he k:ey to his dull cage. 

^-T" V ^ V ♦ 

1885. 



My.M 



Orx'ORTUlJlTY. 

'Tis said I knock but once, at_every door^ 
"And: then, forever, turn lay s^teps away; 
That tiiose v/ho hear, and follov/, me gain more 
Than the/ -vho hear ne Yiot--or, hearing, stay. 

The last is tr^ie, -I weenj not so the first. 
Some hidden portals I, no doubt, pass by— 
_To._a_ll, per iojrce, -I- cannot ^-o. The v/orst 
I«^or others, lies in ■./aiting until I 
x^y siujidons malcej pr,_ failing,^ iaiock again. 
1 am no v/raith, to proul v/nere shadows fall! 
I love the light, and aia tne friend, of .men, 
Ano wOuenV v/ho , "believing, heed my call. 



1386. 



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xhou tripping, tuneful-thi'oatec mite— 

By thoughtless man misunderstood— 
whence come thy pleasing nolo dies*, 

Thy soft refrains that stir the hearty 
TThy' trilling~&yiiiphonies, and all 

Thy i^ythraic roundelays of song*? 

_..:ho_ taught Thee, aught of-JIarmony— 
Of str^iins sublimely sweet and lov7? 
V.'ho t:!Ught Thee hov/ to sing of love, 

-And croon a too thing -lullahy- 
Tp disappointed maid, or swain? 



Canst Thou divine the lif e_^ wi thin — 
And life v/ithout— that tiny breast, 
^ts'Tio'pes^aJic: ~f eaTrs^'Xts^joys "an^d^ 
Or^ d ost thou caich, on beating-wing--^ 
The echos froia the spheres beyond! 



1387 , 

.. „ TiJE IJiaW-YIi^. . - 

Another page of Tiue'b -j^reat book 
Ts" turned^. With eager eyes we look 
Th e volume- o*er and, from- the Past, 
■..e fiin ',70uld read the Future's cast^ 



would know what Fortune has in store— 
".iii - f-©4e -slights- feustained— bef o re , 

.^ happy life, and sink in night 

an of Hope, that- stands so high 

-:■•;■. ■ -.Mi-rsi ' .'iPi .-.l n II ("left r; , r.":"/'; 
Alas J the toiue iB mute, and v;e 



Can only pray for victory-— 
Ano trust the All-Creative .^ill 
-ToriiTsft "l-ts-bler-ir -- to us stll 

1888. ^--y 



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iage 5. 



In tpace there lb a realiji', round v;hioh 

The Cosmic ocean rolls; 
.jhere pensive sprites, and el'fin gay, 

Together weave, by night and day, 
The fateful web, by Lestiny 

Decreed to uundane souls, 

.,«ith deft, -iua piitient, hands they work, 

IiiMune to grief and carej 
The while their misty fabric grov/s, 
A maze of human joys' and 'woes— 
Of sunshine, rainf and cliilling snov/s-— 

A-patterned in the air. 

J.ncl wheh~ fair liarth, wrth measurec v/hirl. 
This pend-ant way swings through, 

.loh broken thread, and .t_angled skein — 
.J fitful chance-^beoomes, amain, 

.. garb of Pleasure, or of irain. 

To v;hom it clings unto! 

1'3G9. 



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THE x,A.; Ai;X> 2Hi: j-i.lL,iAR. 



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A layman raet the Law, one day, 

A-walking on a putllc way, 

'The layman stared--no sign made he 

To reoq^ize hlg_ ^a4es1 

" How nov/. Sirrah." the latter cried, 

■."iith dignity, and" injured pride, 

" You seem, me thinks, to Imov/me not! 

_I_ gffl your king— what is your lott 

" My Xing, good Sirl" the other said, 
" I labor for my daily hread; 
LIo sovej(jlg-n have I hut the law— 
..'hom, . i ;aust own, I never sav/. " 



" „hat! catiff, say you truly sol 
If, i: hen, ray face you co not knov/, 

Pray^tell me v/hat .you_ may have Jaear^ — 

"Cr£_m y d'ecree s^^Lrliiy ro yal vjnr d^ '! 

Jhy- prithee. Sir, are you the law? 
?he layman asked, with growing awe, 
' I am, my friend," the first replied; 
' Your liege, the^laT/ persdinified, " 



" iVe hear^ you mentloncdv:iialf-"in.oud, "" 

The layman said, and humbly bowed; 
" _ But never have I ^een your face 
.Before. m2:_li3Lr.d^_lai_ajay__^pliiiLg^ 



f. 



" what* nor uy likeness, nor my hand-^-r— 
For seal* Am I to understand 
That to my sub.iects I'm -unkno.v/n* " 

Tl^G monarch Qiiaj'ie(l,^-_:. lth a groan, . 

"Your pardon, oir*" the man rejoined^ _ 
" aomc" legal maxims .lave'been coined. 
To titillate the public ear; _ 
Of^^^;o ur dpcr ees^' WIS seldom hnar, " 

God "rest y'ou ,~Triend| I do perceive 
._Yau-S-peak - t^i€ truth* and ■'• ^ell eve 
i,Iy stewards are, alone, at fault. 
To this I'll cuickly oall^-halt!" 



--OverT- 



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irage". 



THE LA.; and TIIE LAYI-'AIJ— Gontd. 

,.'ith that, he "bade the man adieu, 
And strolleo. along until the view 
^''' Disclosed a Judge, in flovang gov/n, 
Ipproaching on his 'ja, 



'^'he judge returneo. the Law's salute, 
/f And quickly passed. " By ray repute," ' 

I'he latter mused, " Hot e'en this wight 
ttpan_ my bench laiov/6 -me- hy - si^t J" ■ — 

At this he turned about and strode. 
Behind the ^udge, a- down the road; 

/2.. ^nd , Shortly coming up ^_. espied 

" ^"""AT L awyer at t he .judged s side, 
■"' **"7lbw by my ^oth — and what befell- 
j^ — Mere*s one, at least, who knows me v/ellj" 
So thought his Majesty, as near 
xhe- -twain he paused, and "bent an ear. 



The_lax5^er stared, as- did the judge. 
The second gave the first a nudge, 
^4-. And j.vhlcperad, " Pray who is our friend? 
■L>^e thinks h e could his manners mend^i! 



" It seems that v/e have met before , •* 

ilepliet. the Xnight of legal lore; 
" His face and form familiar grow— 

"^^^ll" lobk_^5i]a_u p. and let ./Ou laiow. " 

They frovmed and, turning thence away. 
They left his -Majesty a prey 
/'^' To deep amazement. " Zounds}" criec" he, 
" ieard I arightV Can these thIngs_beV__ 

_ .. Then,straight«he gat him to his court. 
And called, at once, for a Report 

''T, ?rom_ every^minion of . the law 

".>lio did a royal ctipen d rj^nr;, ' — 

These quickly c;ime->-._air duly sealedv- 
.inc each the hoary myth revealed 

/f That all -./ent well v/itliin the state? 

' ^-(^ jst r m sth e ' r e ai m "Vi 1 ri' n gi t. a t a ^ 

" Ods, L j-nikins! I'll raise one, thenj"„ 
He-^oi7ed. -"— r*ll knoir bdtli -.'Ixy, 'and "/hen, 

/f. The lav; becaiae a mysteryi" 

.iji c i a ll — hirS- her al ds summo ne d he . 



3<7. 



Jnilien_J;h£yLJiad_gathered--mu:e-h in fear 
of him :7hose mandate brought them there-- 
In tones that_.ma,de each-Varlet ouake, - 

____To_J^ em tne ir ruler sternly spake:. 

" 5o cT "SirsT' I -iia .omaz e d t ha t /OU 

^/, "ShouXd^o'your duties,_^rovc untrue* 
You>ve slept upon your potts each day, 
v^r i died , else /your time away. 



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The Lav/ <aiicl The Lajuaai, — Ooiitc . 



ol. lot is£;. . , . _ 

J. all tlicit liv«e iu tiiie xair' land 
llgiit --i£aOTV^-ifi ^-ffiLll-,- - -a a d -tta.dey&% mu« 

gr;iVen on the ro/al seal, 
;!y hand, eind iTkan«&s,to reyeal 
^O-^^vexy. ulaylng-ii-uh j sxjtl s^ aye. 
That ho i:.i^^'ht 'bov/ a.^ I paaaed h^. 

'1~ tins. /' 1 rig t eaar,~ I^^m uu^te^l^Lte'ov;i■3^ 
^d v^ihhled cohwats hide the '•■^^•■" ^ 
la., uer* Euuity sits iby uy fcidc^gi 

— I/I y ■^raci ou&-ct3i igort-, a, nd my _g uid»t 
How can uy people v/«ll obey 
,^^^ :Iy just anr! mild decrees, '.vhsn they 
.r«— s^l4o-ai- gi-¥-»a-thear -4©--knovv? 
What say you, Sirsl Is this not so? " 



a^. 



-^ -^ 

Thereat, each several q^uaking lout 
i^ell tir hi s~ Ifhees' and s^q^uirrae rl -ihrnT ■ 
.Jonfessi.ag his delinquincy, 
And pledging futixre loyalty. 



J.iere iiquity "bosaught- her lord 
V'.-it to their trusts they be restorecl* 
TttouIcT be both~merciiiil and ,7ise. 

.xG ga ve as sent, and bade them rise. 

" lut look you, SirsJ" he grimly said" 
^g ^^i«et-iK«i#-ajAOHg-j^Ott s^«k his bed- 
until my lil^ess^and my haJid^ 
.^re knov/n to all throughout the land! " 



18^-92. 



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Page 9, 



.,hen Time v/as young, and tpace a sea 
Of shaplesB world-^ unborn* 

when iaght yet held -v7ithin her \;omh 
The embryo of Llorn— 

Confusion brooded over all, • 

And held its cou3j'se supreme j 
.iiile angry lightnings rent the void 

..'ith many an -aips^ gleam J 
There^^Titan legions fiercely strove. 
And fought I'or Victory— 

The'v/hile the thunder^ s mighty voice 
r'roclairaec the things to bei 



Thus countless aeons drifted by, 

-11 til Xing Ohaos fled 
Before a stronger, cosmic, force-^ 

iUid Order reigned instead, 
'^hen, from, the protoplasmic depths 

Of never-ending space 
„ host of blazing suns appeared, 

iiach circling in its place? 
4no us their glorious rays dispelled 

Jhe fast^discolving pall, 
-^ sv7elling- ant-hem rose- to God, 

The Architect of all{ 



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Page 10, 



THE PREACHER. 
Before a crov;d a preacher stands. 
The cynosure of staring eyes; 
iis earnest voice, and trerahling hands. 
Upraised in fervor to the skies. 

'^* . 
He prays that God iaay give to uan 

^ijn -understanMng^, _deep and ti-ue. 
Of Heaven's high. Eternal plan— 

Of life on Ea.rth a larger vlev;, 

3. 
Then, opening his Book, he c^uotes 
x^rora prophets old, ana gospels new; 
Ano turning to his v/ell-th-unibed notes. 
He cries, " Liy friends, I say to jou 

" .;e needs must practice, as v;e preach* 
Each for himself, and all to all-*^ 
That love, v/hose scintillations reach 
Beyond man's legendary faXli 

" uur many creeds^-of Earth begot — 

And all our splendid litanies. 

Are /but the outward forms of v/hat 

The Inner Sr)irit dimly sees. 
i 

" ..•e trust in G^od, yet dread to hear 
The Splash of Charon? s muffled ^ar; 
iiespite our faith, v/e yield to fear— 
.In' hide our coward selves in-shorei 

" je_f aint^ - v;h.Gn we--Sliould valiantly 
liesist the ills that weigh us clov/n* 
?or brave and sturdy thus t^e be, 
.(ho hopes to v/in a Victor's cro'.ail 

" ..e drift .across our cor.ii-ion sea, 
xiike castaways upon a raft; 
.Vixen each should strive TiisTi est to" be 
The master-workrjian of hia^craft, " 



(^(^j^j 



^aMM>%*- — h.g.h. 



lapTG II. 



'2he xTeacher — Contd . 

•• The motes ox lixe we uiagnify 
Into great loeacas that bar our v/ay; 

And then, from these we basely fly — 

AiiC hope to climb another day/ 

" Along our hilly, thorny, road 
.ve fain v/oulc. ride in easy state^^» 
But .walk y.'e must — and bear the load 
Imposed upon us by our fate. 

" It is the law" that, through" travail, 

■«e rise above ma t_erial.. cares, 

,vho garners grain, must ply the flail, 
Anr' v/innov/ out the chaff and tares. 

" V.Tio seeks the light, must first forsake 
The blinded, leaders of the_ blind. 
in boundless growth—our souls awake— 
Shall "we '"OUT true'^Salvatio'n^f ind. 

" For GTTd,^ the" ever"^Tivrhg Qause 

Of all^hat is, >nd is _to_ be , 

Reveals the truth tiirough Nature's lawsj 

:S2ia bi ds"^F hearken 7 and be" free j " 



i neii , .^Lii^e ol^ _ue move s_. away; ._ 
iOid t;oon ii- lObt amid the throng. 
-So-d- send -him baok'another dayj 

Anc may„he live, .and... labar, long/ 
1895. 



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tage 12, 

Insensate clay thou art, and yet 
Lie thinks thou must have felt a thrill 
Of GOnscioub pride, that fateful day 
The Pilgrim's feet, thy bosom trod: 
The i^uiet joy, that comes to those 
nho shrink not in. a crucial, hour I 

..hen captious \7inds, an d t ides, .conspired 
To try the souls of pioneers, 
Sea-tossfidand -weary-«searehing out 
A haven where they might he free 



Tro'm"p2^es'tlyT2/Tanny^ and creeds 
Dehased to serve the ends o_f state— 
Thou failed them not, thou noble rock* 

what matters it if they forgot; 
Alii for a time themselves _ became. 
In lesser measure, tyrants too— 

^ntil their fervent zeal grew cool, 
And sweeter, v/ith the lapse of years. 
And peace and liberty prevailed^ 
Zor "^tia the- tragic fate of man— 
Until he sees with with clearer eye, 
[Than 'now7 "the ~paTh~he^grbpes along^-* 
To doubt, and flout, his fellov7-man 
iiho thinketh not as he, but builds 
A &hrin@- ^nd- •70rBhipp€th— apart . 

^^ere man attune(L . J-ike. unto Thee — 
Hi£ duty doing 7ith his might, 

As thou ..didst thine— -no meed of praise 
iiiipecting, ii^nd no censure feared-^ 
-Tiien -woiilc. , Inde-edT-the ligh t of' love , 
Of toleration, a.nc of toil, 
riJuf fuS'e "trie' Harfh' wltlTMndliness • 
.Ind -.vith his fe llows man -.yould liv e. 
AS live the i.'inds, and rocks, and sea— 
In. clLe£r£ul, natural acc«r4»» 



i'age 16. 

..c are tv;o atoas, dhe anc" I, 
Uiiiteci in j. Molecule, 
'^o separate us none laay try»» 
.iO live v/ithin the Golden rule. 

%. 
,.e 've v/itneasod j-iuch, ajid travellou jTorj 
Me»ve d\7elt in stations high and lov/. 
■;e"»ve helped to fashion raany^a star-i* 
And aided in its overthrow. 

,/e helped to pave the Milky-Way ; 

,>e helped to shape- this mundane sphere. 

All i.'ia,t^^re *s maxidates v/e oTjcy-** 
uQ go , and -asJc no t - ;7^hy , nor whe re . 

.*;e»ve slurahered deep in Qaean's bed, 

v;e»ve lived in rooks, and trees, and flov/ers. 
vie^v e swirled in vapors overhead. 



And dropped to Earth in cooling shov/ers. 

r, : 

..e*ve niuriuured in. the plunging str.eam, 
Ano in the Earthquake '"s trem"bling floor. 
.,e>ve shimmered in the lightning's gleam. 
And spoken in the thunderJJ!: roar,' 

■ 6,7 : 

',.o*ve sailed in icel')orgp. from the polo:* 

L. ' . jd ".'he- .illov;s ro?:. , 

,uiA. v^.. ^.^—v^c " vyhe r-o _^ --.._.._ Ja^v^ ■■.^■■o. 

7- 

e^v; ::park1 ed ,_jj ;/co t , in_..lu£ied._..- ..j. .o 

"^_. - . 'c realm' TTo lo":tt have worlcc." . 



r^'T-. 



G~in ctJUi.it I'S'E^ 

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..,fA oxil.i^lSiW falfall. 



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TuR-o 1. 



THE ira IYER S4L SPIRIT. 



_oxore an. uneoutii form of clay, 
"b e i b anc e raalri lig , in t lie "S uu t , 
To gi-G'it Bo-bo-no, kind and juct. 

— — ■5, 

■- Buddlilst, on a tattered uia.t^ 

-y a v/o oden prayer- vyligel » sat y 

And turned th.e sacred symliol round, 
l';i±li_eyes fixed lnunbly on the ground. 

A Savage in the forest wild, 
"Vrith faith as of a^siciple child. 
Besought the aid of iJanitou-^ 
In that he v/as about to do. 

hristian, laiee ling, muttered low 
A prayer all men and women know, 
r.hen Pamine lays its shrivelled hand 
Upon a sorely-strioken land, 

A Bouhter— scorning all the oreeds^ 
That men have fashioned to^ their^needs- 
^alked^ reve rently^ through a^^lade., 

By ilature's loving magic laid. 

Thus,, dp th^ the.- Splr i.t.Mckon _ all } 

And man, responding to the call, 
Learns , age- ^y^-ag-e ,-to Danish sin— 
i'lnd seek the Living 'Jod ""'ithinj 



i^--!. c^<r 



— Horae«G-reeley Hopkins, 



w 



PuK©- 15. 

T:fE PHILOSOPHER , 
Go Lecl; the Verities, .amid thy dreams, 
man! and ponder v;ell, all thou doet Qle&^g 
Avoid t]ie !:hi±"tin^ ^uicksands of eiitrGues-— 
?or Truth, like- cOli-d ground, doth lie betv.'eeni 

a. 
rf ..Learning- erae-t--tiiG« . vzi-th^-£U4)i±^ing sraile*- 
Or GrreatncBS frov/n, and turji from thee av/ay»« 
3c not dlohear t cn edg for >tis rroxih t'h^r_T_i'bAlo . 
The buds of Knowledge bloom not in a day. 

Doth love of nature hold thee in its thrall'*!- 
The R-recn-embov/ered v/oods, the sauoy v'.l'^Jfifm^i/y^ 
The granite tempXes^^tov/erlns ove'r ai:!*^ ,* ~ 
The re.stleee sea, the verdure-covero« A<iC^: 

Then search for wisdom there* and thou shalt find, 
-Aa.s/ell, sweet surcease froa- the heartless- roar 

Of modern Sodomsr and the slavish jjrind 

Of Vanities shall trouble thee no more/ 

J-, 

Or, v/ouldtt thou in the Laboratory J.elve— 

The mysteries of matter to eiiplore? 

Thon rare delights impend, if thou v ^ilt shelve 
"fhine ~egO," and bscoiae' aTchlTcC rbhce~"more. ~~~ 

;ui/ :. thou 1 xke sir be s t the^ ^TTtisx~nrsr1r.i^ 
.here many, over-reaching-^ dwarf their souls— 
S3^n-the^e— Truth lingers-^ ^peiislvely-apar"^— 
A.nd -sighs as Mammon talces his wonted tollt. 

7, '-- - --.■---^- .- -- - - 

"■.•^^...-oe the battle-thunder's fretful roll 

'^.- ^u^io to .thihq uiia'.vakeiisrL esirf 

■ -.,.i read — if read thou canst— on War's red scroll, 
l'x._ moiety^of *fruth embl azoned there 1 

.":r,ix tliy fancy lead? thy steps awa^- 
\. the pride of Ch^chV^tTie" ponp"'o"f^' State , 
:;..^:: thou7-benoath-<fe tinsel of a day,— 
'Bii&- threetrds-of -gale" | for only "Truth"'! trgrSatt 

- -- ,' -, -'e'-er-^he^u-^iity ^bove-,-~bei-OT7j-" 

"-^^ -^ ^S .^jil, the viney.rd'^ peaceful sha,:.ij — 

-aI 1_ 1 1: :' 11- t elch. -± he^^, ^-h^i t-t-h&u^ -f^ in wo - uldo -t- 



unairai.df' 



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rase 16, 



?E !^og::i3S hi su:n:BH . 

::iRhl7 UPLIFT, crowned witii gloryj 
;,Vorlfj of jje,3JiB, o.nd cheltered valet; f 

• V.ould thj.t one luiglit tell ItL ^tor.^*- 
3ttt- ibiagiiiatian f:iils, 

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SeiitiiieX,-tiiroug]aoa't-tii«-^g«ij , 
01 er the 1^...". frou £ea to S^it^ 

^Rouiid Its ^<>,Wthe„"iLLii3:.rd/T««4«M 
At its feetp^tranquilityf ^ ^ 

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Beatliiig orag#^ and gaping canironL, 
Linked by lovely _par3cs "b^v/een*— 
yi "t , ~ail3^i c tur e s ^ue b oxapani ons' 
In d, vast, and wondrous, scene,* 
— «c - 

Placid lakes, their vigils keeping 

V.harcs- voloaai-e -firres -glowedj ' ' 

Gryi^tal brooklets, lightly leaping 
■.7heJie the molten lava flowed! 

Terraced castles, bold and searay, 
Stretching up to skies of blue; 
floating cloudlets, white and _ dreamy--^ 
',7ith the sunshine pulsing throughll 

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SnoTiy heights, ancl. rushing rivers, 
-atheo in opalescent sheen- 
Where- -the cheerful aspen (quivers, 
JjOid. the firs are ever ffreent 

y ^ ■ ' ' 

jTiere the wood-bird's note is sweetest; 
i7here_ the jnountain.- flowers bloom; 
..here the hours run the fleetest, 
And the twillight holds no gloom, 

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Hidden treasure-chambers, veining 
.111 ^hcT TiB sure d granite through; 
x,impid meadows, slumber feigning, 
,7her^e-^>he~foot-hills meet the view, 

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Air- of velvety pure and bracingj 
Vistas that amaze the sightt 
JverL_alL soft-- shadows, ehasing 
ijambent mo riling into night J 

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THE LIILLEHIIIU1.I. 



.vhen Reason reigns, and all aro truly free, ' 
The^ Scales of Justice shall he laid asldej 
iiach soul the law's emlDOdiment shall "bet 
In every heart v/ill Charity abide. 

iJo longer shall' the strong oppress the v/eakg 
iJo more shall martyrs to the cross he led* 
TThoever v/ill, the Truth s^all freely speaK, 
And Error shall be crucified instead. 

Ho longer, from the cradle to the grave, 
-5hall nations dream of conquest by the sr/ordl 

iCo longer shall the Ilaster flay the Slave* 
-IIor-^Greed rob Industry of its reward. 

„y^*./t.ii6^- shall vain _.unbit ion's lust for Place 
i)rive Virtue, faint and bleeding, to the v/all^ 
llor then shall modest .Vorth itself abase, ^ 
"rcT^ploase the fride that " rideth to a fall"! '^ 

^iot then -shall fruitful vales be rent in tv/ain— 
ilor busy cities paralyzed-* by strife, 
— ii0-r-ehall the iiad, unholy race for Gain 
Disturb the pleasant Thoroughfare of Life. 



Hot then shall demagogues the masses sway. 
And m alce^The "wo r s e appear the better" viewT 
Jor then shall government its trust betray, 
.ind ^rush the many , to exalt the _fev/., 

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Hot tlien shall man, through Ignorance and i? ear, 
^I:e^ c a nd 't 0" env-j , a:hd 'di s t rus t , hi s kind y 
IJor then shall. Vice its. ugly head uprear-? 
dr - .fa&siroir-bli ght the blossoras~oX"t'he" mind . 
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— .^ t-4heaj— in -Suf^er-iiatur e' s caus e , unreal , 
Shull ;;iuperstition chant its childish lay^ 

-.or- cold Scclesiasticism steal — 

-,j.2i>c ;.iontj.l birthri.rht^ from himselj^v/ay. 



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■^--^ i.xIjjj-i..-i.L.x.I^.x.x-~wontd . 

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i<ot then ch.:ll oophietry o'bsoure tlic light 

Th.xt Gonsoience sheds upon man's pathy 

rJoT then shall V/rong assmne the garb of 'Right, 

Anc leave behind its loittcr afteiroathf 

*iot then shall women blindly worship brav/n, 
iior men make beauty Woman's chief asset} 
L'o more shall they, in light esteen, be drav/n 
To ltfYe.„.a little .i¥hile*»and then forget. 

not then shall Youth,— in savi-uge sports p- delight 
Yo waste iTs substance ere its flor/er bloomsj 
iior xige av/ait, in dull despair, the Kight 
5?hat shrouds uncounted millions in their tombs. 



AS Evolution speeds the breaking day. 

The v/orld,to fantasies, no more shall clingy 

Por Spirit, shall command*^ and flesh obey-*^ 

And Death, itself, shall lose Its dreaded stingf 



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0, .Soddess of the golden days 
L'f plighted troth and v/edcing-ehimes, 
1o r/hom the poets hymn their lays— 
x'md poet-asters drone their rh^n-ies— 
Come Sittm again thy pleasing strain; 
Anc- ]:)^ii±Jfi hence my grief and pain. 

If broken hearts may mended be— 
Ai> run tiio legends of thy skill-^- 
Vouchsafe thy gentle aid to me, 
Anc__i)end lii:^ lady to thy v;ill; 
For that thou gavest have I lost. 
And well I rue the bitter cost. 



Tae passing years no solace bringj 
Alone, I v/ander far and nearj 
iJor may I ever from me fling 
The memory of a form so dear-- 
That none in all the country-side, 
ti.ere aught beside my bonnie bride? 

-,A^-gentle--c70man, fair and sweet. 
She ruled my heart each blissful day; 
And sped the seasons, .all too fleet-- 
Until she turned her face away. 
^en, from the eunits brightness _f led. 
And dark-nes:: filled theE.irth instead' 

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The reason why, Imay not tell, 
keeper of the flame divine f 

•In sooth, I laiow noi; what befell — 
Save that she seems no longer miner 

-Y-e-t^f do I ever fondly pray 
That she may send, for me, some day. 



Then haste thee, ^een of every heart, 

^nd let mx. lady loiow jay..©ind; 

Lest fear and doubt hold us apart 
Porever, when my love is kind. 
And bless et" shall" thy mission "be — 
•or love servos all humanity/ 



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.Among the prophets of a race, 
Tho Doctrinaire seeias out of place; 
?or though he thunders very -.veil--- 
?ron out the fastness of his shell- 
Hi s virion seldom soars above 
The things the narrow-minded love. 



i'or him the Lav;s of i«atur© hold 
IJo message that need e'er be told-; 
And soundless, falls upon his ears 
The v/isdom of ten thousand yearsl 
IPor him the sunlight was not made— » 
,<eird specters are his stock-in-trade 1 

To him, the I.Iuses eing as tv/ain? 
And clear-eyed Science calls in vain, 
^he Universe, he sees as naught 
But merest flotsam, idly vnroughtT- 
Save Earth, indeed; which, to his mind-» 
Alone was fashioned for manlcindl 



He viev/s,with jaundiced eye, the scroll— 
uMch aCnpwled^e miri-ors to. the. eou2<s> 
With him. Imagination plavB 
The leading role throughoTl^ rtiS:_days j 
"And in such v;ork-shop"— save the mark- 
He builds his idols, in the dark. 

Then sets he up, in temples dim, 
-These man-made-, sacred seraphim*. 
And leaves the timid, little choice. 
As with_,i.uthoritatiVG voice, 
• He bids all mortals bow the iaiee — 
Or, else, forever dainn-ed bel 



In Wiiate^er field hi?, f-te may fix— 
Religio^^t Stnics, Pollticsir- 
He threads his sanctimonious way. 
Chasing phantoms night and day( 
Fov him the Truth no substajice v/earffj 
VTis -for the shadows that he cares, 

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AI.g^RICA IE THE V/ORLD V^'AR . 
Great land of Freemen, stand thou fast; 
And draw, r'itli eager hand, thy suord 
To stay the mad, barbaric horde 
That frets the Earth V7lth fiery blast. 
And fell rapine, and lust of pov/er| 
TJrave lahcT, *ti£ thine appointed hour. 



GrO thou, and smite them, low and high. 
And free the' world f orevermo re . 
Go lift the blighting fog of war. 

And let insand ±unbition die.' 

Go sound- the knell of feudal kings. 

And teach the grace that i'reedom brings! 

Sea,_^here thine allies, battling, hold 

The foul invader hard at bay; 
_There lies thy grim, unfaltering way— ■ 
As lay the paths of Xnights of old.' 

trO" "bii'eak the^ crueT"'sway of Mi ght , 
And usher in the reign of Rightl 



tvritteniijjon our declaration of v/ar agijinst the 

ilaiser's government. .. S\;^^/^j/l^>V</tf\j)[ji, Printed in 
the II. G . Journs-l . a,nd__s_ev^ ral ^latGrn papers-. 



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SONG OFTHS SURP. 

Yo, Hoi ye hardy sailors all. 

And skippers.gl-um and gay; 

Come list ye to the breezy call 

Of Ocean's fickle spray J 

Yet tolce ye heed to shun the charms 

jf rocky headlands gray, 

'2hat lie v/ithin my pearly arms'— 

?or danger lurks that v;ay, 

«hat though ye love the xraves, that rise 

To meet the leaden skyf 
-And 'told — till Neptune* s anger dies— 

Your canvas \7ings on highl 

Ye cannot iOiOM the joy I feel, 

To hear the sea-gull'^ cry**" 

And mock the droJfciing reef's appeal^ 
~~As I 3:0 EurR'ing hyl '^ 

I leap, and ddjice, and play, among 

The sands u"pon the "beach; 

-uid -'hisper melodies, unsung, 

'i.'o shells wi thing my reacht 

I shiel4,-A7ith -mist, the mertiaids nu4e, 

jic to them pnidence teach; 

.nd, of te^i in -a graver mood, 

-:-!-" '■■'-:'■' ^^.^rr;ien preach. 

-■one eavemb echo,- here ^nti-t here , 

..J rythmic ehh and ilov^ _ 

I smoothe the sea-v/eed's tangled hair,— 

.'iicn toss it to^^aiid fro* 

I lave, with reverent touch, jtiie spires 
.f coral fanes helOT/JI 
..nd light their altars up ifith lires 
V. X emerald after-glowt 

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o^x.'^ ^,y ^,^j, SURF — Ooiitod. 

I pile the drift along the shore* 

And laugh 'v/ith childish glee, 

To see it topple o'er,and o'er — 

And then return to ue,' 

I fcound the rumblings of the deep, 

C"\it in a gentler Icey^ 5 

Anci warn the lubbers all to keep-- 

Their smacks within the lee. 

I beat, and beat, and^ ever break 
Upon the landsman's hearth; 
Yet do I, in the wrack I make, 
Slend ruercy v/ith my mirth, 
(jft I enrich the yokel' scot^ 
Against the aoason' s dearth; 
And -to the- fisher- folk, unEOugHt, 
-ring argosies of vioxth,' - - 

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Pa;?e 24. 



TIE ::ql?.:if:ii::i. 



••laat profits it to stop the liun, 
Anci let the Tartar threat the •vorlcl, 

..ith v;orcc to coiflG»-his flag unfurled 
Against a Peace scarce yet hegun"]^? 

-Shall Tiifc to ry-£tgain - regale 

The future^vith the mournftil tale 
Of labor lost-— the Victor'*s sv;ord 
surrendered to a tjlavic horded 



ohall Zeal, mistaken at the heart, 
And seething v/ith envenoraeo flood, 
Lrench half the iiarth again in hloody 
'^Mle Lenin plays the tyrant's part— 

-AZLd^sendsahTQ-ad^a^callouS- crew,, _ _ 
To sov,' their poisoned seed, "anew? 

^.^hb" shallot he" 'thaiikl'ess "ta'sTc engage, 
.uiuqalm the_ Llujik's sodden r age? " 

„h ./I", hoots it to dethrone -a iing.^— 

..ho, though he rule% v/ith scornful might, 
iet guards the- meanest suhject's right 
?o live .und lo^rey to -uoirkrnnfi: sing:, 
..nd do aught el se h ifc lot demand s 
. ithin the lav/— if ruthless hands, 
iiy^(? on "by - vleieus-iai-ndBjr -despell 
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